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| Elder Parrish scaring his comp, Elder Banks |
Hola!
It's crazy to think its only been 2 weeks. It seems like forever. We still dont get to go to the temple until next week, but we are all looking forward to that. I dont know really what to say, we just do the same thing all day every day, but it's still awesome. All of the guys in our district are way tight now and we have a blast.
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| Elder Mecham |
Elder Mecham and I are the best of pals, and we get to sit by Rasten at the devotionals and stuff, so that's cool.
Last night was the first ever live MTC broadcast. Elder Richard G. Scott spoke about prayer, and it was played at every MTC all over the world, so that was cool. He talked about prayer, and how important it is, and how there are 3 main ways our prayers are answered: 1) we feel peace/confidence 2)stupor of thought 3) we feel nothing. I have found in my life that basically most of the time. I am answered with the 3rd one. It's not that God isnt giving me an answer, but it's because sometimes we already know the answer and/or He is letting us use our gift of agency, and he trusts us to make the right decision for ourselves. Even though a lot of times, I wish it could just be a for sure yes or no answer, I am so grateful that our Heavenly Father trusts me enough to let me do it on my own. I don't know why I've been so blessed in my life.
Adios!
Elder Parrish
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| We made a ping pong table! |
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| Spaghetti--with hot dogs, potatoes, and peas! |
Note from Mom: Some of our friends also have missionaries in the MTC, and we have been gathering details from them. Here are some facts we have learned from them:
There are 10 missionaries in their district, 6 elders and 4 sisters. Then, they are in a branch of 4 districts. They have a branch president, named President Rosales, who has 2 counselors.
Even though there are some dormitories at the Mexico MTC, there are also many little houses. Elder Parrish is in a house with 5 bedrooms, 3 of which are being used, with 4 elders to a room. Their house holds all 6 of the elders in their district, plus 6 elders in another district. Every night, their house sings a hymn with all 12 of the elders in their house, and they say it is awesome to sing the hymns in Espanol, especially Called to Serve."
The food is interesting. Breakfast is not so good, but they have cereal. For lunch, they have great authentic Mexican food, like all you can eat tacos. Dinner can be weird when they try to do American food. (See above photo of the spaghetti with hot dogs, potatoes, and peas.)
Everything is done in Spanish. They have one class in the morning that is in English about the gospel, but the rest is in Spanish. They are teaching 2 lessons a day to fake investigators, one in the morning and one in the evening.
Sundays are a little different from the other days. On Sunday, they have Priesthood Meeting, district meeting, Sacrament Meeting with their branch, lunch, a devotional, dinner, another devotional, then study time, and then they watch a church movie. (no naps)
Here is a link to a video about the first group of missionaries in this MTC in Mexico City.
